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Drinking Fountain near Tennis Pavilion Shelter, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Fountain: lead; Pedestal: stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts Box R 816, Girdle Ridge Road Near Tennis Pavilion shelter Katonah New York 10536
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Summary:
A drinking fountain with a sculpture of two nude toddlers struggling to hold an urn aloft between them. The urn resembles a flower with curled petals forming the rim. A metal drinking spout rises out of the top of the urn. Both toddlers look up and hold the urn with their proper right hands. Two snakes coil at the lower end of the urn with their heads just below the fuller part of the urn. The circular base of the fountain is bolted to a roughly hour-glass shaped pedestal with a square bottom.
Topic:
Children  Search this
Object--Other--Vase  Search this
Animal--Reptile--Snake  Search this
Control number:
IAS NY001207
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_340995